As soon as Shi Yi jumped onto the roof, he saw flames soaring into the sky in the distance and hurriedly called Mou Rongtian and Li Tianmu to come up and take a look.
The two men climbed up to the roof and looked into the distance. They saw a raging fire burning in the north of Leijiapu. The fire was spreading towards this side. Fortunately, the fire was far away from here and could not be burned for a while, so the situation was not
It was extremely dangerous, but I couldn’t hesitate.
The three of them jumped off the roof. Mou Rongtian said to Pang Xian: "Old man, there is a fire in the north and it will come over soon. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. We have to leave quickly. You are old and have inconvenient legs and feet. I will carry you on my back."
Pang Xian said: "I can walk by myself, so you can carry Dong Qianhu and Xia Baihu on your back."
Mou Rongtian said: "They asked Tianmu and Yanzi to carry them, and I will carry you. It's an emergency, so don't be polite."
Mou Rongtian and others ran south, ran out of Leijiabao, and climbed a mountain. Mou Rongtian saw that there was only earth and rocks without vegetation. He expected that even if the fire spread to the bottom of the mountain, it would not be able to burn up, so he stopped at the top of the mountain and said: "Have a rest."
Take a rest."
Mou Rongtian put down Pang Xian, and Li Tianmu and Shi Yi laid the Baiyun swords flat on the soft ground. They were still unconscious.
Pang Xian sat on the ground and panted heavily. He had just walked more than ten miles in a hurry, lying on Mou Rongtian's back and running all the way. The jolting pain he suffered was really too much for him. At this moment, he felt pain in the bones and joints all over his body, as if he was about to fall apart.
Mou Rongtian raised his eyes and looked at Leijia Fort in the distance. He saw flames blazing into the sky and people running away in all directions. There were many houses in Leijia Fort, hundreds of them. Mou Rongtian estimated that the fire would not be finished until dawn.
Li Tianmu returned to Leijia Fort to look for the carriage. Along the way, he saw some servants who had escaped from the fort. They were all smoky and miserable. Li Tianmu searched the fort but could not find the carriage.
While in a courtyard, I suddenly heard some people shouting for help, and the voices kept coming and going.
Li Tianmu followed the sound and saw several cells in the yard under the light of the fire. Some people in ragged clothes were holding on to the iron fence with both hands and desperately shouting for help. Fortunately, the fire had not spread here, otherwise these prisoners would have died.
Buried in fire.
This courtyard is the prison of Leijiabao. There are several cells on the north, east and west sides. On the south is a large iron gate connected to the outside world. The cells are made of bluestone, with one side sealed by an iron fence.
Most of these prisoners were erring burghers and tenants who owed rent. The burghers were usually guarding here. After the fire, the burghers all ran for their lives, and the prisoners were not released before they ran away.
Li Tianmu pulled out the Vine Dragon Sword and came to a cell in the north. He raised the sword and dropped it. The elephant's trunk was cut off like noodles by the Vine Dragon Sword. It fell to the ground with a clang. The prisoners pushed open the iron fence.
He didn't even bother to say thank you to Li Tianmu, and ran away with his life in a hurry.
When the prisoners in other cells saw someone coming to rescue them, they all clung to the iron bars and shouted anxiously to Li Tianmu: "Help, heroes, help us."
Li Tianmu cut off the iron locks one by one and released the prisoners. When he came to a cell in the west, he felt something was wrong. He saw that there was only one prisoner in this cell, and that person was not like the other prisoners.
He shouted for help, but instead he lay on his side with his back to the door. The man was thin and small, much like Cao Dan, the flying rat.
Li Tianmu shouted: "That guy, you are so desperate that you just want to sleep and don't want to die?"
The man wouldn't stop talking.
Li Tianmu shouted: "Cao Dan, is that you?"
The man still didn't say anything.
Li Tianmu said: "Forget it, then you just wait to die."
After hearing this, the man immediately stood up, came to the iron gate, and begged: "Master Li, spare your life, please save the little one."
When Li Tianmu saw this person, he turned out to be Cao Dan.
Lei Ming had previously captured Cao Dan here in order to deceive Shi Yi into being deceived. Lei Ming originally wanted to release Cao Dan after finishing Mou Rongtian and others, but things changed later and Lei Ming was too busy taking care of himself to care about Cao Dan's life and death.
Li Tianmu didn't want Cao Dan to be burned to death, so he waved the Vine Dragon Sword and the elephant-trunk lock fell to the ground. Cao Dan kicked open the iron door and stabbed Li Tianmu with the Emei.
Cao Dan was a shameless man, and Li Tianmu saved him. Not only was he ungrateful, but he wanted to harm Li Tianmu. The two were very close to each other. Fortunately, there was an iron fence between them. Cao Dan kicked open the fence door, but Li Tianmu didn't know it.
So he was on guard, and when he saw the Emei thorn coming, he dodged to the side.
Cao Dan took the opportunity to jump and escape. Li Tian saw that there were still a few cells that had not been opened and the prisoners were calling for help, so he had no time to pursue Cao Dan. After opening all the remaining cells, he looked for Cao Dan again, but there was no trace of him. He said to himself
: "Let this guy escape again." After finding the carriage, return to Tushan.
Everyone took the car to go north, and in the evening they arrived outside the city of Runing Prefecture. It was raining heavily, so the group entered the city and stayed at the Jinyiwei branch. The local Jinyiwei commander Li Sui saw the envoy arriving and did not dare to neglect, so he led his people out to greet them.
Baiyun's swords were carried to the guest room to rest, and the others followed Li Sui to the front hall to sit down. Li Sui ordered his men to prepare a banquet. Mou Rongtian said: "Don't make it too extravagant, just keep it simple." Although he said this, Li Sui didn't know what to do.
Dare to neglect.
When it was time to hold the lamp, the banquet was set down and everyone was seated. Mou Rongtian saw that the table was full of delicacies, and thought to himself: "This meal will earn a lot of money." He frowned, feeling very unhappy, and deliberately blamed Li Sui and Li Sui.
sentence, but then I thought again, Li Sui also had good intentions. If he blamed him, it would appear that he was unreasonable, so he didn't say anything.
Li Sui raised his glass and said, "Li Sui is very lucky to be able to meet Mr. Mou, Mr. Li, Dr. Pang and all of you today. I would like to toast you all." He drank the wine in one gulp.
Mou Rongtian and others also drank a drink. As soon as the wine was finished, everyone felt dizzy and passed out one after another. When the servants saw this scene, they were shocked and were about to go out to call someone. At this time, a man wearing a bamboo hat and a
A masked man in coir raincoat and black boots walked in, holding a pair of butterfly knives, and swung his knives at the servants. The servants didn't know martial arts, so they were all killed by the man like melons and vegetables.
The man put away his two knives, took out a cloth bag from his waist, tapped Pang Xian's acupuncture points, put it into the bag, carried it on his shoulder, left the house, flew up to the room, and jumped over the spine of the room.
After a while, a servant came to serve the food and saw several people in the room lying in a pool of blood. He was so frightened that he hurriedly called for people. After a short time, a flag officer heard the news and led the crowd to rush over. He saw Li Sui and others unconscious.
, as if they had been hit by Mongolian sweat medicine, they ordered their men to get cold water and pour it on their heads and faces, and everyone woke up one after another.
When Mou Rongtian discovered that Pang Xian was missing, he stamped his feet anxiously. There were six servants present at the time of the incident. Mou Rongtian touched their carotid arteries one by one and found that no one survived.
Li Tianmu said: "I took the antidote for the Mongolian sweat medicine today, but I was also infected. It seems that the Mongolian sweat medicine used by the other party is not ordinary."
Mou Rongtian said: "Yes, I have also taken the antidote, but I was still knocked unconscious. I don't know what the opponent's method was?"
Li Tianmu said: "No need to ask, it must be the killer sent by Dongchang."
Mou Rongtian said: "If it is the Dongchang killers, they only need to take away the head of the old doctor Pang, why take away his whole body."
Li Tianmu said: "But apart from Dongchang, I can't think of anyone else who would be unfavorable to Dr. Pang."
Mou Rongtian said: "It's a pity that all the servants who were present just now were killed. It would be great if there was a survivor."
Li Tianmu said: "The other party's methods are too vicious. These servants are really innocent. Why doesn't the other party kill us?"
Mou Rongtian said: "Maybe we didn't want to make the matter bigger, so we survived. The city gate has been closed, maybe the other party hasn't left the city yet, I'll go to the north gate to guard it. Tianmu, you and Yanzi go to the south gate. Li Sui,
You lead people to search every inn."
It was raining heavily outside. Everyone put on their bamboo hats and raincoats and left the branch office one after another. Mou Rongtian came to the north gate and saw that there was no guard at the top of the city. When he walked into the office, he saw only seven or eight people playing around with money around the table. He was very angry.
He was furious and shouted: "Who is the military leader?"
Those few people were busy making money, and no one noticed that Mou Rongtian walked in. After listening to his words, they realized that Mou Rongtian was wearing casual clothes, not official uniform.
A short fat man shouted to Mou Rongtian: "Who let you in? What do you do?"
Mou Rongtian showed his waist card, and the fat man hurriedly greeted him and said: "The younger one is the military leader."
Mou Rongtian slapped his hand, and with a "slap" sound, he gave the military leader a slap in the face. The man who was hit was tilted to one side and almost fell down, and blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.
Mou Rongtian shouted: "What do you do for a living as a military leader? Why is there no one guarding the city? You take the lead in gambling while you are on duty. You are so courageous."